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The shooting of Trayvon Martin took place on February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida. Trayvon Martin was a 17-year-old African American who was shot and killed by 28-year-old George Zimmerman, a man of mixed ethnic descent.Martin was unarmed, walking from a convenience store to the home of his father's girlfriend when Zimmerman, a community watch coordinator, began following Martin and called the Sanford Police Department to say he witnessed suspicious behavior. And to be honest that is all that I know about the shooting of The shooting of Trayvon Martin.

It is shocking that a minor can be killed in America and no trial held to determine the guilt of the killer. Surely it is not the role of the police to decide someone’s innocence in a killing, that is what the courts are for. For the police to act as the judge seems to be overstepping their purpose. A chid is killed, a trial should be held to determine the facts and establish whether it was murder. Sadly, I think the parent’s grief is being turned into a circus sideshow. Sharpton and others are whipping up a frenzy that could lead to violence and lynch-mob mentality.You can’t blame Travyon’s parents. They’re suffered an unthinkable loss. At the same time, “witnesses” are coming out of the woodwork with very questionable tales. It doesn’t matter if Zimmerman was a racist or not. It doesn’t matter if Travyon was a choirboy or a gangbanger. The only thing that’s relevant was who initiated the physical attack and whether the shooting was justified under Florida’s laws. If you don’t like the law – by all means, change it. But if Zimmerman was justified under the current law – arresting him is just as big a travesty as the shooting was.